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In 1912, Widener, his wife, and their son Harry traveled to Paris, France, with original intentions to find a chef for Widener's new Philadelphia hotel, The Ritz Carlton. The Wideners booked their return passage on RMS Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, Widener placed his wife and her maid Amalie Gieger [4] in a lifeboat.
Widener was born September 21, 1861 [1] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] Her father was the wealthy businessman William Lukens Elkins. She attended Vassar College for one year but left to marry George Dunton Widener, the son of her father's business partner, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, on November 1, 1883. [1]
The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with ...
Widener was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of George Dunton Widener (1861–1912) and Eleanor Elkins Widener, and the grandson of entrepreneur Peter A. B. Widener (1834–1915). He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania , and graduated from Harvard College in 1907, where he was a member of Hasty Pudding Theatricals and ...
The Widener fortune, amassed in the meat-packing and streetcar businesses, saw Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. listed in Forbes Magazine's 400 Richest Americans in 1985, 1991, and 1995. Dixon bred thoroughbred racehorses at Erdenheim Farm, and was a member and one-time Chairman of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.
George Clooney can already hear the laughter coming from his family after having to dye his hair for his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck. “My wife [Amal Clooney] is going to hate it ...
Eleanor Widener Dixon (April 10, 1891–February 12, 1966) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1891, [1] into the wealthy Widener family as the daughter of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins Widener. [2] She married Fitz Eugene Dixon Sr. in 1912.
George Clooney admits he once assumed his age difference with wife Amal Clooney would be insurmountable. In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times to promote his Broadway debut in Good ...